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Korean Test Practice with Billy [Ep. 5] – Intermediate Korean (Listening Practice)

Are you preparing for the TOPIK test, a government Korean test, or a Korean test at school? Then let me help you prepare with my video series focused on Korean test questions and explanations.

This episode will cover another example of a listening question.

More episodes to come soon!

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Korean Phrases Ep. 50: 자화자찬

This week's new video is a "Korean Phrases" episode. This series is for learning quick idioms and phrases in Korean. Lately, it's mostly been a series for learning about 사자성어 ("4 character idioms"). These types of idioms (mostly) originally come from China and the Chinese language, but are still useful to know in Korean as well. And this week we'll learn about the idiom 자화자찬.

Even if you don't use any of these idioms in this series when speaking, you might find them written in books, or hear someone use them when speaking.

Check it out here~

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Learn Korean Ep. 93: Korean Honorifics (Part 1 of 2)

So Keykat told me she wants to learn how to make YouTube videos. I guess she wants to start her own channel or something. I guess I'll help her. I mean, what's the worst she could do? It's not like she could even get popular.

This episode will cover honorific speech. I'll give you an introduction to the concept, and explain how to use it. We'll talk about honorific verbs and honorific nouns, and more.

Remember that there are free extended PDFs available for every "Learn Korean" episode (at the bottom of this post), and each contains additional information or examples not covered in the video.

Check out the episode here!

Click here to download a free PDF of this lesson!

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How to Type in Korean - Learn the Korean Keyboard

Did you know that you can type in Korean using any old regular keyboard? Oh... you did? Well, of course you knew that!

In this new video I show you how to set up a Korean keyboard, and more importantly how to type in Korean. I'll show you the order to enter the keys, how to find them on the keyboard, as well as a few more tricks I use when typing.

Check out the video here~!

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Korean Test Practice with Billy [Ep. 4] – Intermediate Korean (Listening Practice)

Are you preparing for the TOPIK test, a government Korean test, or a Korean test at school? Then let me help you prepare with my video series focused on Korean test questions and explanations.

This episode will cover an example of a listening question. More episodes to come soon!

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Korean Phrases Ep. 49: 함흥차사

Here's one more Korean idiom to write down - 함흥차사. This idiom has a pretty interesting story, and is useful to know. Even if you don't use it yourself when speaking, you might find it written in a book, or hear someone else use it when speaking.

Check it out here~.

I'm also open to suggestions for new videos, so leave your comments below if you have an idea you'd like me to make a video about. Thank you!

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How to Improve Your Korean Pronunciation

I receive a lot of messages and comments asking for tips for how to improve your Korean pronunciation. So finally I have a video that I can share with you. These are some of my personal tips for improving your pronunciation. You can watch the video below, and read along.

Here are my five tips:

1) Increase your exposure

2) Record yourself

3) Imitate Koreans

4) Relax your mouth

5) Fix it now

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How Long Does It Take to Learn Korean? – A Glass with Billy Ep. 5

Do you wonder how long it will take? Learning Korean can feel like a long journey, but sometimes you just want to know "how long will it take?" I've been learning Korean for 12 years, and I started back in 2005. If I look back on the trip, I can definitely see how long it took me to reach each level. But my personal experiences will differ from everyone else's, and it's important not to compare ourselves to other people. In the video, we both agree that it's a difficult question to answer, because the amount of time spend learning a language and the way a person studies is a lot more important than how many days have passed since someone's started learning.

I met up with SpongeMind TV to discuss this. Check it out here~!

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Korean Test Practice with Billy [Ep. 3] – Intermediate Korean (Listening Practice)

Are you preparing for the TOPIK test, a government Korean test, or a Korean test at school? Then let me help you prepare with my video series focused on Korean test questions and explanations.

This episode will cover an example of a listening question. More episodes to come soon!

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Learn Korean Ep. 92: Changing Action Verbs to Adjectives (Part 2 of 2)

What's wrong with sleeping in now and then? I mean, who said 14 hours of sleep every night is too much? Nobody said that. But Keykat doesn't like it. I think she wants me to wake up earlier. She's always the early bird. How unfair.

This episode will take a look at more uses for the word 것 ("thing"), when used together with verbs. It is a continuation of the last episode in this series (Ep. 91).

Remember that there are free extended PDFs available for every "Learn Korean" episode, and each contains additional information or examples not covered in the video.

Check out the episode here!

Click here to download a free PDF of this lesson!

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